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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-23 15:11:27 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-23 15:11:27 -0800
commitac1e3d4f5c1097422c6e72aeae322033e9a8c803 (patch)
treeadcebdad5f515a8453bfe48940822f57a6904c9d /Documentation
parenteaed435a7b870a38d89dbdb535c7842d618d3214 (diff)
parente4c89a508f4385a0cd8681c2749a2cd2fa476e40 (diff)
Merge tag 'pm-fixes-for-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm
Power management fixes for 3.3 Two fixes for regressions introduced during the merge window, one fix for a long-standing obscure issue in the computation of hibernate image size and two small PM documentation fixes. * tag 'pm-fixes-for-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm: PM / Sleep: Fix read_unlock_usermodehelper() call. PM / Hibernate: Rewrite unlock_system_sleep() to fix s2disk regression PM / Hibernate: Correct additional pages number calculation PM / Documentation: Fix minor issue in freezing_of_tasks.txt PM / Documentation: Fix spelling mistake in basic-pm-debugging.txt
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt8
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
index 40a4c65f380a..262acf56fa79 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test at least a couple of times in a row for confidence. [This is necessary,
because some problems only show up on a second attempt at suspending and
resuming the system.] Moreover, hibernating in the "reboot" and "shutdown"
modes causes the PM core to skip some platform-related callbacks which on ACPI
-systems might be necessary to make hibernation work. Thus, if you machine fails
+systems might be necessary to make hibernation work. Thus, if your machine fails
to hibernate or resume in the "reboot" mode, you should try the "platform" mode:
# echo platform > /sys/power/disk
diff --git a/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt b/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt
index 6ccb68f68da6..ebd7490ef1df 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ So in practice, the 'at all' may become a 'why freeze kernel threads?' and
freezing user threads I don't find really objectionable."
Still, there are kernel threads that may want to be freezable. For example, if
-a kernel that belongs to a device driver accesses the device directly, it in
-principle needs to know when the device is suspended, so that it doesn't try to
-access it at that time. However, if the kernel thread is freezable, it will be
-frozen before the driver's .suspend() callback is executed and it will be
+a kernel thread that belongs to a device driver accesses the device directly, it
+in principle needs to know when the device is suspended, so that it doesn't try
+to access it at that time. However, if the kernel thread is freezable, it will
+be frozen before the driver's .suspend() callback is executed and it will be
thawed after the driver's .resume() callback has run, so it won't be accessing
the device while it's suspended.